
Andy Davies
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Channel 4 News Wales Correspondent (also covering west of England) @andydavies4.bsky.social
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"Is there anyone in this new Welsh government saying 'this is a crisis' and there needs to be a fundamental rethink collectively in Wales about our approach to education?" One of my questions to Anna Brychan MS, Welsh Education Minister, following another dire set of PISA results for Wales In all three areas tested - Maths, Science and Reading - Wales ranked (again) last of the 4 UK nations, and in each case below the OECD average The Welsh Government says it will soon publish its Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan intended to address some of these issues #c4news team Marcus Edwards dai baker
Andy Davies58,498 次观看 • 1 个月前

"Was it strange having Dan Thomas there this morning, given everything that's happened?" My interview with Llŷr Powell MS, Reform's chief whip in the Welsh Parliament, as the party regathers after yesterday's extraordinary double-whammy of Dan Thomas MS standing down as Welsh leader and Sarah Cooper-Lesadd MS defecting to Plaid Cymru Dan Thomas announced he was stepping down as leader after it emerged he'd been arrested at the weekend on suspicion of assault and engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour - he was released on bail pending further enquiries and insists he's done nothing wrong Sarah Cooper-Lesadd issued an excoriating statement yesterday in which she claimed Reform was (among other things) "more interested in division, opposition and headlines than in finding solutions" #c4news team: dai baker 🎥 Marcus Edwards
Andy Davies38,680 次观看 • 22 天前

Yesterday Nigel Farage again pledged to scrap the default 20mph policy in Wales if Reform in power I asked Dan Thomas (Reform's new Welsh leader) about police collision figures (Jan '25) showing c.100 fewer deaths/serious injuries on 20/30mph roads in year after limit introduced
Andy Davies196,758 次观看 • 8 个月前

🚨EXCL: Mark Drakeford, former Labour First Minister of Wales, calls on Keir Starmer to set a timetable to step down as Prime Minister and backs Andy Burnham In his first interview since Labour’s disastrous Welsh Parliament elections, he tells me: • The situation for the PM is “irrecoverable” • Suggests a contest could happen over the summer with a “new Prime Minister in place for September” • Supports Andy Burnham to become the next Labour leader and Prime Minister - and intends to campaign for him in Makerfield. • Believes “a strong majority of Welsh Labour members” will want to support Burnham • Says the level of hostility towards the Labour Party which he encountered in the Senedd election campaign was something he’d never experienced in over 50 years of campaigning • On Eluned Morgan, the former Labour First Minister, losing her seat: a “desperately sad moment” • Claims lack of further powers devolved to Wales by the Keir Starmer administration "cut the ground from under us” in Welsh Labour's Senedd campaign Part of our exchange here Full interview to follow in next post ⬇️🧵
Andy Davies102,178 次观看 • 4 个月前

I interviewed Plaid Cymru's leader Rhun ap Iorwerth today and tried to get him to explain: 1. How much his signature childcare offer policy will cost (clarified after the interview as £400m extra p.a. by end of next parliament) 2. What he is going to cut in spending terms in order to make it happen (I'd struggled to find details on how Plaid plan to fund this scheme since announcing it last year) Interestingly, he talks at one point about "spending money differently on tackling poverty" Here's some of our exchange ⬇️ #c4news
Andy Davies98,144 次观看 • 7 个月前

I asked Rhun ap Iorwerth, First Minister of Wales: 'You know what happens when a new government comes in promising change & can't deliver as quickly as the electorate wants. What early, tangible changes can the people of Wales expect from a Plaid Cymru government?' His reply⬇️ with #c4news team Marcus Edwards dai baker
Andy Davies58,188 次观看 • 4 个月前

I've just interviewed Plaid Cymru's leader Rhun ap Iorwerth as he launched their Senedd election manifesto in Wrexham... 🎙️CLIP 1. In our previous interview, I tried to pin him down on how Plaid would fund its major childcare offer. I've asked again... 🎙️CLIP 2: NHS Waiting lists. He tells me, under a Plaid Cymru government, 2 year waits in Wales will end "within months" 🎙️ CLIP 3: Plaid has announced it would introduce rent controls in Wales ("limiting annual rent increases to the lower of wage growth or CPI inflation, or a clearly defined equivalent benchmark) #c4news 🧵1/3
Andy Davies50,830 次观看 • 6 个月前

"I honestly don't know if this is the last time I'll ever be in Northern Ireland" Poignant moment at the end of our #c4news interview today with former Good Friday Agreement talks chair Senator George Mitchell, who's 89 and has leukaemia [team Marcus Edwards dai baker Chris Eva]
Andy Davies144,628 次观看 • 3 年前

Eluned Morgan, First Minister of Wales, launched Labour's Senedd Election manifesto in Swansea today It includes a pledge to "continue to pursue more powers for Wales, including devolution of the Crown Estate, and youth justice and probation..." But Keir Starmer seemingly continues to reject her calls for further powers to be devolved to Wales I asked her what reasons the Prime Minister has given for doing so ⬇️ #c4news
Andy Davies30,150 次观看 • 6 个月前

Wales Green Party launched its Senedd Election manifesto in Port Talbot today One of their seven key priorities: 'Universal childcare for children aged 9 months to 4 years' There's been a big focus on the affordability of pledges by the parties here I asked the party's Welsh leader Anthony Slaughter how much their childcare offer would cost... #c4news
Andy Davies24,849 次观看 • 6 个月前

“No UK Prime Minister can cast Wales aside or turn a blind eye to our needs & our aspirations as a nation” Rhun ap Iorwerth addresses hundreds of supporters in Cardiff Our report ⬇️ from outside the Senedd as Plaid Cymru celebrate their historic achievement and Reform’s Welsh leader Dan Thomas is sworn in - their new group, a major presence now in Welsh politics, will meet on Monday With #c4news team Donna-Marie Walton Marcus Edwards dai baker paul mackeson Isabel Donaldson Kevin Langdon
Andy Davies14,497 次观看 • 5 个月前